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World Launch report: Aprilia’s RSV4-RF superbike
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£18,135//201bhp @ 13,000rpm//85ib-ft @ 10,500rpm//999.6cc 65 degree V-4 four-stroke, liquid cooled with DOHC Tested by: Tony Carter Photography: Aprilia This is the next generation of large Aprilia superbikes and, according to the factory itself, it’s the closest motorcycle they’ve ever made to what you see racing in World Superbikes every other Sunday of summer.…
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‘Live Fast Die Old’ encourages Scotland’s Road Safety and Scottish Government
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A new campaign, Live Fast Die Old, has been launched aimed at encouraging motorcyclists on Scotland’s roads to stay safe this biking season. It highlights the need to go steady on left hand bends after statistics reveal one in three motorcycle fatalities happen on them. The campaign, which is aimed primarily at 40-49 year-old male…
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Assen WSB and WSS, all kicking off
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In Race 1 Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) won his fifth race of the season, showing that he is the rider in the best shape this year so far and that he is a clear early favourite for the Championship. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team), who started from the pole position earned on Saturday, was…
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Foggy to be VIP guest at TT races
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Carl Fogarty, who recently added the ITV ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ title to his TT Races and World Superbike Championship wins, will be the guest of honour in the TT VIP Club for race day on Wednesday 10th June. Carl, the most successful World Superbike rider of all time with…
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Ellison bags brilliant BSB Brands double
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James Ellison vowed to battle for two race wins ahead of the second round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch today (Sunday) and the JG Speedfit Kawasaki rider kept his promise to deliver his first double victory in the series. The Cumbrian rider started from pole position in both races and…
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Get yer diary out! Cracking old bike fun
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If you’re up for some cracking old bike action then check this out on August 2. More than 100 classic trials machines will compete in a stage of the Northern British Bike Pre-65 Trials Championship (NBBC) at the Llangollen International Motorcycle Festival – LlanBikeFest 15 (www.llanbikefest.co.uk) – on Sunday, August 2nd. All of the bikes…
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Datatag your machine for £50
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City of London Police, working in partnership with Datatag, is offering you the chance to Datatag your machine for a discounted price of £50 on Thursday, April 30 – Friday, May 1 from 10am to 6pm. Last year over 9500 bikes, with a total value estimated to be over £28 million were stolen in the…
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Erik Buell says he’s carrying on
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Erik Buell Racing, has declared itself insolvent and ceased trading after failure to find funds to support the company into the future. In a statement about the business failure, Erik Buell said: “The turn we recently took, after we thought we were moving forward, was unexpected. We thought we had secured funding but, in…
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Rossi storms to brilliant MotoGP win from eighth!
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Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi stormed to a brilliant win in Argentine after scrapping his way to the lead from a lowly eighth place start on the grid. Starting from the third row, Rossi was immediately in the middle of the pack fighting for first corner position. Taking a lap to find his rhythm he then…
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Spring clean your bike with new kit
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SDoc100 – German specialists in premium bike care products – have put together a cleaning kit that contains products specially created to treat the wide range of materials found on both modern and classic machines. Tough on dirt and grime, yet completely PH neutral; gentle on delicate painted and metal surfaces, yet formulated to…
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